He will face off against a friend of his from the coaching fraternity, and former Celtics teammate, Rick Carlisle.

4:30 ET: Kevin McHale, who has been away from the Rockets for a month on a persona leave of absence following the death of his daughter, is expected to join the team tonight again in Houston, tweets Jonathon Feigan of the Houston Chronicle.

It is not known if he will resume duties as head coach Saturday or if Kelvin Sampson will continue in that role for now.

McHale, the Hall of Fame player for the Boston Celtics, left his position as the Rockets head coach on Nov. 10 amid reports that one of his daughters was very sick. Unfortunately, Sasha McHale lost her battle with Lupus. McHale has been on a leave of absence during this time.